Patents by Inventor Petteri Palm

Petteri Palm has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20150348878
    Abstract: Manufacturing method and circuit module, which comprises an insulator layer and, inside the insulator layer, at least one component, which comprises contact areas, the material of which contains a first metal. On the surface of the insulator layer are conductors, which comprise at least a first layer and a second layer, in such a way that at least the second layer contains a second metal. The circuit module comprises contact elements between the contact areas and the conductors for forming electrical contacts. The contact elements, for their part, comprise, on the surface of the material of the contact area, an intermediate layer, which contains a third metal, in such a way that the first, second, and third metals are different metals and the contact surface area (ACONT 1), between the intermediate layer and the contact area is less that the surface area (APAD) of the contact area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2015
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Applicant: GE Embedded Electronics Oy
    Inventors: Petteri Palm, Risto Tuominen, Antti Iihola
  • Publication number: 20150332938
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an electronic device package includes structuring a metal layer to generate a structured metal layer having a plurality of openings. Semiconductor chips are placed into at least some of the openings. An encapsulating material is applied over the structured metal layer and the semiconductor chips to form an encapsulation body. The encapsulation body is separated into a plurality of electronic device packages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2014
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Inventors: Petteri Palm, Edward Fuergut, Irmgard Escher-Poeppel
  • Publication number: 20150289379
    Abstract: Method for the manufacture of a circuit board containing a component and circuit board containing a component. The invention is based on first manufacturing (101-102 or 101-103) an intermediate product, which contains the insulator layer of the circuit board and the components, which are set in place inside the insulator layer, in such a way that the contact elements of the components face the surface of the intermediate product. After this, the intermediate product is transferred to the circuit-board manufacturing line, on which a suitable number of conducting-pattern layers and, if necessary, insulator layers are manufactured (104) on one or both sides of the intermediate product, in such a way that, when manufacturing the first conducting-pattern layer, the conductor material forms an electrical contact with the contact elements of the components. Alternatively, stages (101-105) can also be performed on a single manufacturing line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2015
    Publication date: October 8, 2015
    Applicant: GE Embedded Electronics Oy
    Inventors: Risto Tuominen, Petteri Palm, Antti Iihola
  • Publication number: 20150228616
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing semiconductor modules includes providing a metal composite substrate including a metal foil attached to a metal layer, the metal foil being thinner than and comprising a different material than the metal layer, attaching a first surface of a plurality of semiconductor dies to the metal foil prior to structuring the metal foil, and encasing the semiconductor dies attached to the metal foil in an electrically insulating material. The metal layer and the metal foil are structured after the semiconductor dies are encased with the electrically insulating material so that surface regions of the electrically insulating material are devoid of the metal foil and the metal layer. The electrically insulating material is divided along the surface regions devoid of the metal foil and the metal layer to form individual modules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2014
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Applicant: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Petteri Palm, Alexander Heinrich, Holger Torwesten, Tobias Simbeck
  • Patent number: 9107324
    Abstract: Manufacturing method and circuit module, which comprises an insulator layer and, inside the insulator layer, at least one component, which comprises contact areas, the material of which contains a first metal. On the surface of the insulator layer are conductors, which comprise at least a first layer and a second layer, in such a way that at least the second layer contains a second metal. The circuit module comprises contact elements between the contact areas and the conductors for forming electrical contacts. The contact elements, for their part, comprise, on the surface of the material of the contact area, an intermediate layer, which contains a third metal, in such a way that the first, second, and third metals are different metals and the contact surface area (ACONT 1), between the intermediate layer and the contact area is less that the surface area (APAD) of the contact area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: GE Embedded Electronics Oy
    Inventors: Petteri Palm, Risto Tuominen, Antti Iihola
  • Publication number: 20150221569
    Abstract: Electronic module (100), which comprises a first substrate (102), a first dielectric layer (104) on the first substrate (102), at least one electronic chip (106), which is mounted with a first main surface (108) directly or indirectly on partial region of the first dielectric layer (104), a second substrate (110) over a second main surface (114) of the at least one electronic chip (106), and an electrical contacting (116) for the electric contact of the at least one electronic chip (106) through the first dielectric layer (104), wherein the first adhesion layer (104) on the first substrate (102) extends over an area, which exceeds the first main surface (108).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2015
    Publication date: August 6, 2015
    Inventors: Petteri PALM, Thorsten SCHARF, Ralf WOMBACHER
  • Publication number: 20150162319
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a laminate, a first semiconductor chip at least partly embedded in the laminate, a second semiconductor chip mounted on a first main surface of the laminate, and a first electrical contact arranged on the first main surface of the laminate. The second semiconductor chip is electrically coupled to the first electrical contact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2013
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Applicant: Infineon Technologies Austria AG
    Inventors: Thorsten Scharf, Petteri Palm, Angela Kessler
  • Publication number: 20150163920
    Abstract: This publication discloses an electronic module and a method for manufacturing an electronic module, in which a component is glued to the surface of a conductive layer, from which conductive layer conductive patterns are later formed. After gluing the component, an insulating-material layer, which surrounds the component attached to the conductive layer, is formed on, or attached to the surface of the conductive layer. After the gluing of the component, feed-throughs are also made, through which electrical contacts can be made between the conductive layer and the contact zones of the component. After this, conductive patterns are made from the conductive layer, to the surface of which the component is glued.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2015
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Applicant: GE Embedded Electronics Oy
    Inventors: Risto Tuominen, Petteri Palm, Antti Iihola
  • Publication number: 20150131247
    Abstract: A method which comprises arranging a plurality of electronic chips in a plurality of chip accommodation cavities each defined by a respective surface portion of a substrate and a wall delimited by a respective one of a plurality of holes in an electrically conductive frame arranged on the substrate, at least partially encapsulating the electronic chips in the chip accommodation cavities by an encapsulant, and forming electrically conductive contacts for electrically contacting the at least partially encapsulated electronic chips.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2013
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Applicant: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Ivan NIKITIN, Petteri PALM, Joachim MAHLER
  • Publication number: 20150123255
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a chip arrangement in accordance with various embodiments may include: placing a chip on a carrier within an opening of a metal structure disposed over the carrier; fixing the chip to the metal structure; removing the carrier to thereby expose at least one contact of the chip; and forming an electrically conductive connection between the at least one contact of the chip and the metal structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2015
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Inventor: Petteri Palm
  • Publication number: 20150115458
    Abstract: A device includes a first semiconductor chip including a first face, wherein a first contact pad is arranged over the first face. The device further includes a second semiconductor chip including a first face, wherein a first contact pad is arranged over the first face, wherein the first semiconductor chip and the second semiconductor chip are arranged such that the first face of the first semiconductor chip faces in a first direction and the first face of the second semiconductor chip faces in a second direction opposite to the first direction. The first semiconductor chip is located laterally outside of an outline of the second semiconductor chip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2013
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Applicant: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventor: Petteri PALM
  • Publication number: 20150115475
    Abstract: A device includes a first semiconductor chip including a first face, wherein a first contact pad is arranged over the first face. The device further includes a second semiconductor chip including a first face, wherein a first contact pad is arranged over the first face, wherein the first semiconductor chip and the second semiconductor chip are arranged such that the first face of the first semiconductor chip faces in a first direction and the first face of the second semiconductor chip faces in a second direction opposite to the first direction. The first semiconductor chip is located laterally outside of an outline of the second semiconductor chip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2013
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Applicant: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Petteri PALM, Thorsten SCHARF
  • Patent number: 8984746
    Abstract: A method for the manufacture of a circuit board containing a component and circuit board containing a component. The invention is based on first manufacturing an intermediate product, which contains the insulator layer of the circuit board and the components, which are set in place inside the insulator layer in such a way that the contact elements of the components face the surface of the intermediate product. After this, the intermediate product is transferred to the circuit-board manufacturing line, on which a suitable number of conductor-pattern layers and, if necessary, insulator layers are manufactured on one or both sides of the intermediate product, in such a way that, when manufacturing the first conductor-pattern layer, the conductor material forms an electrical contact with the contact elements of the components. Alternatively, stages can also be performed on a single manufacturing line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: GE Embedded Electronics Oy
    Inventors: Risto Tuominen, Petteri Palm, Antti Lihola
  • Patent number: 8956918
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a chip arrangement in accordance with various embodiments may include: placing a chip on a carrier within an opening of a metal structure disposed over the carrier; fixing the chip to the metal structure; removing the carrier to thereby expose at least one contact of the chip; and forming an electrically conductive connection between the at least one contact of the chip and the metal structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventor: Petteri Palm
  • Publication number: 20150043177
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an electronic module. In particular, to an electronic module which includes one or more components embedded in an installation base. The electronic module can be a module like a circuit board, which includes several components, which are connected to each other electrically, through conducting structures manufactured in the module. The components can be passive components, microcircuits, semiconductor components, or other similar components. Components that are typically connected to a circuit board form one group of components. Another important group of components are components that are typically packaged for connection to a circuit board. The electronic modules to which the invention relates can, of course, also include other types of components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2014
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Inventors: Risto Tuominen, Petteri Palm
  • Publication number: 20150041993
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a chip arrangement may include: disposing a stabilizing structure and a chip including at least one contact next to each other and over a carrier; encapsulating the chip and the stabilizing structure by means of an encapsulating structure; and forming an electrically conductive connection to the at least one contact of the chip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2013
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Applicant: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventor: Petteri Palm
  • Publication number: 20140254107
    Abstract: The present invention generally provides a novel method for manufacturing an electronic module with crossed conducting lines and a novel electronic module with crossed conducting lines. In particular, an aspect of the present invention is to provide a thin, single layer electronic module. It is also an object of the present invention to provide an electronic module with an embedded jumper element having reliable high quality connections and contacts. To achieve at least some of the aspects of the present invention, an embedded pre-fabricated jumper module is placed inside a printed circuit board which allows the crossing of conducting lines within the module without manufacturing additional layers over the whole PCB board. The resultant PCB will have improved contacts and will not have surface deformation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2014
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: GE EMBEDDED ELECTRONICS OY
    Inventors: Petteri Palm, Tuomas Waris, Antti Iihola
  • Patent number: 8817485
    Abstract: A single-layer component package comprising: a single conductive-pattern layer having a first surface; an insulating-material layer on the first surface of the single conductive-pattern layer; in an installation cavity inside the insulating-material layer, a semiconductor component having flat contact zones; and solid contact pillars containing copper and solderlessly, metallurgically and electrically connecting the flat contact zones to the single conductive-pattern layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: GE Embedded Electronics Oy
    Inventors: Risto Tuominen, Petteri Palm
  • Publication number: 20140210090
    Abstract: Manufacturing method and circuit module, which comprises an insulator layer and, inside the insulator layer, at least one component, which comprises contact areas, the material of which contains a first metal. On the surface of the insulator layer are conductors, which comprise at least a first layer and a second layer, in such a way that at least the second layer contains a second metal. The circuit module comprises contact elements between the contact areas and the conductors for forming electrical contacts. The contact elements, for their part, comprise, on the surface of the material of the contact area, an intermediate layer, which contains a third metal, in such a way that the first, second, and third metals are different metals and the contact surface area (ACONT 1), between the intermediate layer and the contact area is less that the surface area (APAD) of the contact area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2014
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: GE EMBEDDED ELECTRONICS OY
    Inventors: Petteri Palm, Risto Tuominen, Antti Iihola
  • Publication number: 20140208588
    Abstract: This publication discloses an electronic module and a method for manufacturing an electronic module, in which a component is glued to the surface of a conductive layer, from which conductive layer conductive patterns are later formed. After gluing the component, an insulating-material layer, which surrounds the component attached to the conductive layer, is formed on, or attached to the surface of the conductive layer. After the gluing of the component, feed-throughs are also made, through which electrical contacts can be made between the conductive layer and the contact zones of the component. After this, conductive patterns are made from the conductive layer, to the surface of which the component is glued.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2014
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: GE EMBEDDED ELECTRONICS OY
    Inventors: Risto Tuominen, Petteri Palm, Antti Iihola